Page 8 | Easter egg hunt at 6.30am

AliceAbsolum · 2026-04-05T05:45:35+00:00

Both the parents outside with the kids, several kids running around screaming at 6.30am. Do people have no shame?

SummertoAutumntoWinter · 05/04/2026 09:14

I woke at 4.30am worrying about some stuff. By the time my kids woke up at 7am I forgot how early it was and they were doing their hunt at 7.45! That is a little early and if I had realised I'd have made them stay in until later 8, which seems reasonable. It did only last 5 minutes. We have a teeny tiny garden.

Then again, the motor bike that sounded like a rocket at 6.30am was more intrusive I feel!

ClaraThePigeon · 05/04/2026 09:12

StMarie4me · 05/04/2026 09:08

Totally agree. How sad that people moan about kids having an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. What have we become?

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We’ve become inconsiderate arseholes judging by the idiots who let their kids have an Easter egg hunt at 6:30. They can have just as much fun a bit later in the morning or have it indoors without ruining their neighbours’ sleep. And judging by OP’s other post they’re inconsiderate generally and this isn’t exactly a one off.

Treebaubles · 05/04/2026 09:11

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

Brilliant 😂

Waitingforthecold · 05/04/2026 09:09

purpleroses2 · 05/04/2026 08:41

I have plenty of lovely memories of Easter and none of them involved chocolate hunts at 6:30am. We had Easter egg hunts in the afternoon and we knew my grandparents were responsible, no mention of Easter bunnies. My parents gave us our eggs after church.

Some parents also need to remember that Easter is a deeply religious day and means more to some people than chocolate. While lots of people don’t care about that aspect of it anymore, people up at 6:30am with screaming kids in the garden is very inconsiderate. It’s also a Sunday, and a long bank holiday weekend for many workers and a chance to have a rest. Not everything is about ‘your’ kids.

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Yeah but it’s not that deep is it. These people are obviously in their own garden, probably for about 10 minutes, letting their kids be kids and have some fun. In the same way we let loose as adults and might have a party once in a blue moon. With the amount of pure pain and misery in the world it always surprises me what hills people will die on.

Care about something important, show your kids you caring about those important and meaningful things (and show them you giving others grace) and they’ll grow up just fine

DarkForces · 05/04/2026 09:08

Revoltingpheasants · 05/04/2026 09:07

I am not bothered by it or anything, I just genuinely don’t really get the humour. It’s unrelated so to me it’s like saying something like ‘let’s go out in the sun, it’s what Tony Blair would have wanted.’ I know it’s not quite the same but my brain can’t cope with much else!

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Isn't that what humour is? Something taking you off guard and tickling you?

StMarie4me · 05/04/2026 09:08

Caspianberg · 05/04/2026 06:52

I think it’s fine.
Its a bit of fun for 5 mins for kids
It’s only once a year.

Totally agree. How sad that people moan about kids having an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday. What have we become?

CoheedandCambria · 05/04/2026 09:07

shufflestep · 05/04/2026 08:59

Afraid he had, as Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and found it empty when it was still dark - I'm back home having been to an Easter Vigil service lighting the new fire and the Paschal Candle at 6.30 this morning - guess we may have disturbed a few people as it was outside in the churchyard!

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He wasn't making a raucous though

Revoltingpheasants · 05/04/2026 09:07

Shithotlawyer · 05/04/2026 09:03

it's called a joke, have you not seen the "it's what x would have wanted" joke format before?

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I am not bothered by it or anything, I just genuinely don’t really get the humour. It’s unrelated so to me it’s like saying something like ‘let’s go out in the sun, it’s what Tony Blair would have wanted.’ I know it’s not quite the same but my brain can’t cope with much else!

beautyqueeen · 05/04/2026 09:06

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

Clearly Jesus isn’t the only one rising early on this glorious Sunday morning.

MovedByFanciesThatAreCurled · 05/04/2026 09:04

Coffeeandbooks88 · 05/04/2026 06:52

Weird comment.

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It was clearly a joke 🙄

DragonsFurry · 05/04/2026 09:04

Since when did Easter egg hunts start happening forst thing in the morning?
The Easter Bunny is not Father Christmas.

BoogieTownTop · 05/04/2026 09:03

It made me laugh!

Shithotlawyer · 05/04/2026 09:03

Coffeeandbooks88 · 05/04/2026 06:52

Weird comment.

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it's called a joke, have you not seen the "it's what x would have wanted" joke format before?

Tillow4ever · 05/04/2026 09:02

purpleroses2 · 05/04/2026 08:17

Well maybe parents need to set some boundaries then.

I don’t agree with the Easter bunny nonsense, it didn’t exist a few decades ago. We don’t need a second Santa Claus.

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Didn’t exist a few decades ago.

Are you sure? I’m 46 and the Easter Bunny was definitely a thing when I was a little kid. So 4 decades ago it existed.

Crunchymum · 05/04/2026 09:01

Today is my only lay-in (work last week, clubs early next week etc) so I'd be fucking livid.

6.30am is insane and I can't believe so many people think it's fine? It's not. Its selfish and inconsiderate and I'd have told them to keep it down.

Never would my kids be allowed out at that time, let alone to do something that the parents have to know would disturb the neighbours.

likelysuspect · 05/04/2026 09:01

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

😂

viques · 05/04/2026 09:00

Coffeeandbooks88 · 05/04/2026 06:52

Weird comment.

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But funny!

Justcallmedaffodil · 05/04/2026 09:00

AliceAbsolum · 05/04/2026 06:52

If it was me I'd be feeling so guilty and anxious if I was outside with them for some reason. Do people not feel like that? Or ignore the emotion? Or maybe the children wanted to do it at 6.30am and they have no boundaries.

Based on a number of things I’ve seen recently, I think there are some people who just genuinely don’t care.

BoogieTownTop · 05/04/2026 09:00

ChefsKisser · 05/04/2026 06:46

Its what Jesus would have wanted

That made me laugh 😆! Thank you!

WheretheFishesareFrightening · 05/04/2026 08:59

iamtryingtobecivil · 05/04/2026 08:15

But if that’s what time your kids wake up and look to see if the Easter Bunny has been then that’s the time

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It’s not Santa Claus. Most people I know have an egg hunt in the afternoon, it’s not a wake up and see what’s outside event. Would the eggs even still be there after last nights storm?! And are you leaving food out all night for insects and wildlife to crawl all over before your kids eat it?

And even if that’s what happens, you can tell your kids they’re not going out until the clock says X.

I wouldn’t even mind it, but this attitude of there’s nothing the parents can do as it’s all in the Easter bunny (who the parents are lying about anyway) is just bad parenting.

katepilar · 05/04/2026 08:59

AliceAbsolum · 05/04/2026 06:54

But it will have risked waking up like 15 people on a Sunday? How is that fine?

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Its not.
Unfortunately some people are oblivious and some dont care.

Hopefully this family will only do it once in a year or once in a lifetime.

shufflestep · 05/04/2026 08:59

CoheedandCambria · 05/04/2026 08:11

I doubt even Jesus had risen by 6.30am on Easter Sunday

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Afraid he had, as Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and found it empty when it was still dark - I'm back home having been to an Easter Vigil service lighting the new fire and the Paschal Candle at 6.30 this morning - guess we may have disturbed a few people as it was outside in the churchyard!

ArmySurplusHamster · 05/04/2026 08:56

OrsolaRosso · 05/04/2026 07:29

No, it's a very, very funny comment 🤣

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Only if you’re very, very easily amused.

Pinkflamingo10 · 05/04/2026 08:55

Jesus wept

Burritoplease · 05/04/2026 08:53

Ffs I’d be so pissed off. I’m a terrible AND light sleeper so being woken up at that time when there’s a good possibility I’d have only been asleep for a few hours, would do my head in.